We’ll become whoever we trust the most says we are.
BOB GOFFGod wants us to kick it down. Or perhaps just sit outside of it long enough until somebody tells us we can come in.
More Bob Goff Quotes
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I used to think God guided us by opening and closing doors, but now I know sometimes God wants us to kick some doors down.
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Day turned to night, His friends scattered and death thought it had won. But heaven just started counting to three
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We can be the light of the world without leaving our high beams on and annoying everybody.
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Jesus won’t try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won’t be confused about who’s doing the talking.
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…we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the “do” part of faith.
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It has always seemed to me that broken things, just like broken people, get used more; it’s probably because God has more pieces to work with.
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When you trust someone, you don’t need to know everything.
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Do one thing that’s heroic for you today – big or small – and fear won’t define you anymore.
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When love is a theory, it’s safe, it’s free of risk. But love in the brain changes nothing.
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He asks if we’ll give up that thing we’re so proud of, that thing we believe causes us to matter in the eyes of the world, and give it up to follow Him. He’s asking us, ‘Will you take what you think defines you, leave it behind, and let Me define who you are instead?’
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It’s easy to confuse a lot of activity with a purposeful life. Do what lasts; let the rest fall away.
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See people for who they’re becoming. Not who they were.
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People who want to manipulate you will fear your joy, because it’s not easily controlled.
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God places that desire deep in our hearts because He wants it for us and it honors Him. Maybe there are times when we think a door has been closed and, instead of misinterpreting the circumstances,
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One thing I do is (and I realize this might sound nuts), every month or so, I try to take like an Etch-a-sketch [so to speak], and I clear my faith. I go to zero, clear the deck. And I start adding things back to my faith, one at a time.
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